St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-30
A BADLY BURNT BREWERY.
Hamm's Brewery Got a Severe
S orching Yesterday Afternoon.

hdHih brewery 0OC d severe
orching Yesterday Afternoon.
Shortly after o'clock yesterday after
noon fire broke out in the blacksmith
shop at Hamm'S brewery. Four boxes
were pulled, and in a short time six
steamers, two chemicals and two hook
and ladder trucks were on the grounds
and hard at work trying to save the
main buildings. The flames were
quickly communicated to the adjoining
frame buildings and all were totally de-
StrOyed. Owing to the distance and the
long time required for the apparatus to
get upon the grounds. the flames had
gained considerable Roadway in the
wooden buildings, and the efforts of the
firemen were directed toward prevent
ing the fire from spreading. The black
smith and wagon shop, wagon barn
and three ice houses were burned
to the ground. The horse barn
and main building were not injured.
The engine house, which was consid-
cred tire-proof, was slightly burned
about the roof and cupOla. The roof
was partially burned off of the malt
house. About 10000 bushels of malt
were stored in the latter building, but
it is not thought that it will be total
loss, as it was not badly smoked. Water
will not injure it materially. 1t was
difficult fire to handle, but all of the
brewery hands turned in and rendered
VALUABLE ASSISTANCE.
A story-and-a-half brick and story
and-a-half frame house, situated in the
rear of the ice houses, owned by F.
Gauder, were destroyed. The contents
of the houses were saved. The loss Oh
the two houses will amount to about
$500, partially insured. Another
frame house, situated in the rear
of the ice houses, occupied by
the Waterman was also destroyed. Loss
about $1,000, partially insured Mr..
Hamm's loss is estimated at S35, 600,
although it will be hard to estimate cor
rectly just how badly the stock of malt
is injured. Nearly all of the insurance
on the buildings, amounting to about
$4,000, is held by Haas d Fowler in the
following companies: State. of DeS
Moines; Mechanics, of Milwaukee:
COncordia, of Milwaukee,; German, of
Rochester; Long Island, of New York:
Bowery, of New York; German, of
FreepOrt; Union, of Philadelphia; and
German, of Pittsburg. Owing to the
fact that the policies in each company
cover from four to eight items it will be
several days before it is aScertained lust
how matters stand. The intense heat
melted some of the ice, but by being
covered Immediately with sawdust
nearly the entire stock will be saved.
The company has enough beer on hand
to supply the immediate demand, and if
the stock of malt is not entirely lost
there will be no suspension of business.
The burned buildings will be rebuilt at
once.
MCCARTHY & DONNELLY'S LOSS.
The fire which occurred in Mccarthy
& Donnelly'S store Tuesday night
caused more damage than was at
first supposed. The firm carried be-
tween $50, 1000 and 100000 worth of stock
and it is safe to say that the loss will
amount to one-half the value of the
stock. The vastmentS, images and SIM
liar goods if they are damaged only to
the slightest extent are utterly worth
less. The stock of collins and caskets is
also total loss. The members of the
firm are still at loss to know how the
fire originated. They did not leave the
store until nearly IL O'Clock and the fire
was not discovered until 2:3O. A man
had been employed in the basement I'M
packing goods, but he never smokes
and he had not used candle during the
day. The stock was insured in the fol-
lowing companies: sa..
German Insurance. of Quincy, Ill. -. so, 500
British America, of Toronto, Canada. g 500
American Exchange, of New York $500
American Central, of ST. Louis ........ $500
Security, of New Haven .......-..... 5000
The Amazon, OF Cincinnati, O.......,. 1000
Total. -. .................... SIS 900
The members of the firm never had
much faith In the reliability of insur-
ance companies and for that reason the
insurance was far below the worth of
the stock. The underwriters have not
yet made their estimate of the loss.